🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-06-27

Cognitive Groove (Brought to You by GERAS DANCE) (NCT06870149)

Does Cognitive Groove (Brought to You by GERAS DANCE) Improve Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Frailty: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 📋 Clinical Research Protocol Sponsor: McMaster University

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of a community-based rehabilitation intervention (Cognitive Groove, Brought to you by GERAS DANCE), compared to usual care, on clinical outcomes in community-dwelling older adults living with frailty. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. In community-dwelling older adults living with frailty, is Cognitive Groove more effective than usual care in improving functional movement, physical performance and strength? 2. In community-dwelling older adults living with frailty is Cognitive Groove more effective than usual care in improving frailty status, fear of falling, balance confidence, mood, cognition, grip strength, activities of daily living, life space mobility, loneliness, and quality of life? 3. As a community-based rehabilitation intervention, is Cognitive Groove a cost-effective intervention embedded within the community for older adults living with frailty after 12-months? Participants will participate in Cognitive Groove classes twice per week for 3 months or receive no intervention (usual care).

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (6 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (9 items).

Location: Geras Centre for Aging Research, St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences — Hamilton, Ontario

Age range: 65 Years to 100 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Dance Rehabilitation Intervention (OTHER)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Unable to speak or understand English
  • Current regular participation in a structured exercise program or receiving active physical therapy services
  • Severe cardiac or pulmonary disease
  • Unstable angina or heart failure
  • Severe osteoarthritis (e.g., awaiting joint replacement)
  • Parkinson's disease or other progressive neurological disorder
  • Receiving palliative care
  • Travel/commitments requiring missing more than two weeks

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • Geras Centre for Aging Research, St. Peter's Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences — Hamilton, Ontario

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (905) 521-2100

Email: hewstonp@hhsc.ca

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

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💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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